Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Lingxiao Garden was cleaned up by Mu Dai's men for His Royal Highness Prince Yun and his entourage to live in.

The main gate of Lingxiao Garden faces the main hall, with two side halls on both sides. Xiao Zuochen lives in the main hall, Zuo Xin and Liuli live in the side hall on the left, and Teng Sen and the third prince live in the side hall on the right. Except for Xiao Zuochen, Zuo Xin and Liuli, Teng Sen and the third prince all entered the palace in disguise, so they were not recognized by other palace people.

"Your Highness Prince Yun, if you have no other questions, I will take my leave first~"

Mu Dai lowered his head, waiting for Xiao Zuochen to speak. Xiao Zuochen glanced at him and didn't seem to intend to let him go.

"I wonder if Eunuch Mu Dai feels more relaxed following Concubine Yun now?"

Mu Dai was stunned when he heard this. Although he lowered his head, one could still see that his eyes were a little flustered.

"What do you mean, Your Highness Prince Yun? Both Emperor Mingren and Concubine Yun are my masters. As long as the masters give me instructions, I will complete them seriously. When I work for my masters, I will do my best. There is no such thing as easy or not easy."

"Oh?"

Xiao Zuochen dragged out the ending of "Oh" a little longer, revealing a playful smile. Mu Dai raised his head and took a peek, and his originally serious and respectful expression changed in an instant.

"Oh, my Lord, I know that you have great magical powers and a sharp eye. Please don't embarrass me! Didn't you see it a long time ago?"

Xiao Zuochen was almost sacrificed by Emperor Mingren, so he certainly knew about Miaojiang witchcraft. Before Emperor Mingren used this kind of uncertain witchcraft on himself, he would definitely find someone to try it out, and Mu Yi was the first one to bear the brunt.

"If you change your skin but your heart remains the same, no matter how hard you try to cover it up, there will always be loopholes."

"Yes, yes, your Majesty is right!"

Now Mu Dai just wanted to escape from here. He felt like he was naked and being stared at by King Yun.

"I would like to give you a word of advice."

"Your Majesty, please speak~"

In fact, what Kido was thinking was: Your Majesty, please tell me quickly!

"You have already gained a life that does not belong to you. You have already taken great advantage. You should stop now and be yourself again. Only then can you be safe and smooth. If you still want to get involved more, I don't mind dealing with you in advance."

Xiao Zuochen lowered his voice. He didn't want too many people to know about this matter, especially other people in the palace. With so many people around, some things might become more and more outrageous.

Mu Dai rolled his eyes and gave a flattering smile.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Since Your Majesty has spoken, I dare not ask for anything more. I will do my job well in the future. Your Majesty, please be magnanimous and don't bother with me anymore."

"Ah."

Xiao Zuochen said "hmm" softly, and Mu Dai instantly showed a happy expression, thinking that King Yun had finished his lecture and agreed to let him leave. But just as he turned around, King Yun's voice came from behind him again.

"Wait~"

Mu Dai's face suddenly became sad again, but the moment he turned around, his face instantly turned into a wry smile.

"What else do you want, my lord?"

"What do you know about Emperor Mingren?"

"Emperor Akihito...what is it?"

There are so many things to do with Emperor Akihito, and Mu Dai doesn't know which one His Royal Highness Prince Yun is asking about.

"What do you know about Emperor Mingren's disappearance?"

"Ah? Didn't Emperor Mingren just disappear today? Concubine Yun has already ordered this news to be blocked. Only people in the palace know about it. How did you know, Your Highness?"

Mu Dai looked at King Yun in confusion, but shrank back when he met Xiao Zuochen's cold gaze, and leaned forward again.

"It was the old servant who overstepped his bounds."

"So Concubine Yun hasn't found out yet, right? Then I know, you can go down first~"

"Hey~ I'll take my leave."

Mu Dai didn't have time to think about why His Royal Highness Prince Yun asked about this. He just wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

At night, after Xiao Zuochen and his companions finished discussing matters, they returned to their rooms to rest.

Xiao Zuochen had just turned off the light and lay down when he heard some noise outside the door, followed by a faint sound from the tiles above his head.

Xiao Zuochen couldn't help but put his left hand under the pillow, slowly took out a dagger, hid it under the quilt, and held the handle of the dagger with his right hand, ready at all times. Outside the door, under the moonlight, a figure was reflected on the door. He approached the door step by step, and finally stopped in front of it.

"Squeak-"

The man stretched out his hand and slowly pushed open Xiao Zuochen's door. Xiao Zuochen half-closed his eyes and pretended to be still asleep, but in fact he was already tense. The man tiptoed towards Xiao Zuochen's bed with the moonlight from the outer door behind him. Because of the moonlight behind him, Xiao Zuochen couldn't see who was coming with his half-closed eyes. When the figure came to the bed, it seemed that he stretched out his hands to grab the bed. Xiao Zuochen immediately drew out a dagger and waved it in front of him.

"Go away, go away!"

He waved the knife and spoke, which frightened the figure. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and jumped to the side, so he was not hurt by the dagger.

"Master, it's me~ Yun Feng!"

The figure took out the fire starter from his arms to illuminate his face, and Xiao Zuochen realized that the figure who was tiptoeing just now was Yun Feng. He looked around again, and there was indeed no one else. Yun Feng had also lit the two candles on the table while Xiao Zuochen was looking around.

"master!"

Yun Feng knelt on one knee and bowed directly to Xiao Zuochen.

"What are you doing? I am no longer your master."

Xiao Zuochen said this with a bit of sadness in his tone. Yun Feng hurriedly explained after hearing this.

"No, Your Majesty, you are my master, and my only master! You may not know that, before we served you as our master, we all followed Concubine Yun..."

"I know this."

Xiao Zuochen also explained for him.

"When I first came into contact with you, I met Mr. Ying and Yun Wei. At that time, Mr. Ying told me that the Twelve Guards and Yanluo were both my mother's forces, but my mother was under the shackles of the emperor at that time and could not leave Yunyuan, so you could only follow me after you left Shura Road."

Yun Feng nodded, then shook his head.

"Your Highness is only partially right. Logically speaking, this is our first mission after leaving Shura Road. If we serve you as our master, we will naturally not leave you. The problem is that before we entered Shura Road to practice, Concubine Yun had already seen us. We who guard Yanluo are either orphans, abandoned babies, or children who were sold because their families could not afford to make ends meet. For us who were homeless, Concubine Yun gave us a home at that time, so..."

"So even though I was your first master after you came out of Shura Road, you still went to Concubine Yun without mercy after seeing her."

Yun Feng nodded, King Yun was right.

"Well, I understand."

Xiao Zuochen said this calmly without any response.

"Master, are you not angry?"

"I can understand that when a person's life is at its darkest, someone sends you a ray of light, so no matter whether this person is good or bad, you will regard this person as a good person."

"However, Concubine Yun is now very different from what we thought. I have read the letter you wrote, and we did not expect that Concubine Yun would actually... So we do not want to help the tyrant anymore. We want to return to our master and serve the wise ruler!"

"us?"

Xiao Zuochen noticed that Yun Feng said "we" afterwards.

"Everyone, come in."

At Yun Feng's command, the other guards and Yan Luo appeared from nowhere and stood in. After everyone stood in place, they all knelt on one knee.

"master!"

The aura of everyone kneeling together still shocked Xiao Zuochen. He suddenly felt that he was not alone. He had such smart partners like Liuli, and this group of loyal guards.

"Have you thought it through? There's no such thing as wealth and glory to be had by following me."

"We have thought it through. We don't seek wealth and glory, we just want to have a clear conscience!"